Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Podcast: Shakespeare's Philosophy

SHAKESPEARE’S PHILOSOPHY

A one-day seminar hosted by the Department of English Royal Holloway, University of London

Event Date: Friday 28 May 2010

Organised by Margherita Pascucci with the support of the European Community Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship

The aim of the seminar is to provide a forum in which to debate the validity and value of treating Shakespeare as a philosopher or his plays as forms of philosophical thought, and of bringing philosophical perspectives, past or present, to bear on his plays and poetry.
With: Professor Kiernan Ryan (Royal Holloway),Professor John Joughin (University of Central Lancashire), Dr Simon Palfrey (Brasenose College, Oxford), Professor Catherine Belsey (Swansea University),Professor Richard Wilson (Cardiff University) and Dr Ewan Fernie (Royal Holloway)
This event has been recorded and is available at the following URL:
http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2010/05/shakespeares-philosophy/